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keechíkyav / keechikyava- sweetheart, friend
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lexicon ID #3783 | revised Aug 16 2015
keechíkyav / keechikyava- • N • sweetheart, friend
Literally: 'big-doing'
| Derivation: | kêech ikyav | (= -kaam-ich ikyav) |
| big make | (= -large-DIM make) |
Source: WB 846.1.2, p.359
Note: The plural is keechikyáviivsha, formed with -iivshas 'PLUR' .
- taxára vúra vaa kuma'ífuth pa'éentih u'éethiihvanaanik pamukeechikyáviivsha. Long after that, Andy told his friends. [Reference: TK270.12]
- kun'íinatak má'hinva xákaan, vúra vaa ichámahich mukunkeechíkyav. The two lived together at Má'hinva, each one with his sweetheart. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 002]
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (9)